It seems like on some placements we are expected to know or to find out more in-depth knowledge than what we have learnt from the course. And often we have been told by lecturer/tutors/future employers that critical thinking is an essential skill.
Critical thinking is quite difficult to be assessed in the traditional written exam. As anyone who is good at memorising literature is, in someway, able to spit out what's memorised.
I feel that by giving more score weightings on assignment type (i.e. to eloborate about a disease in-depth) to encourage to explore knowledge based on our curiosity (rather than what's dictated strictly by the marking criteria) would be more beneficial for the student. By giving more score weighting on this type assessment will also give the students the message that the university values our learning based on curiosity and critical thinking, but not route-learning or just about passing the exams.
What do you all think about this? or about current written assessment method and whether it help us to do well in 4th year placements?
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